Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
2012
Abstract
In the following essay I investigate the Odyssey’s sustained engagement with the theme of epiphany. Within the poem’s own narrative, the central epiphanic moment is the recognition scene between Odysseus and Penelope, and it resonates powerfully with a series of other such moments throughout the poem, beginning with Athene’s epiphany to Telemakhos in Book 1. But I also hope to show that these Odyssean scenes resonate just as powerfully with Demeter’s epiphanies in the Homeric hymn to the goddess.
Publisher
Francis Cairns Publishers Ltd.
City
Leeds, England
Repository Citation
Cook, E. (2012). Epiphany in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter and the Odyssey. Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar, 15, 53-111.
Publication Information
PLLS
Comments
PLLS is the abbreviation for the Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar, Papers of the Leeds Latin Seminar, and Papers of the Liverpool Latin Seminar which have been the publications of Francis Cairns Publishers Ltd. in association with the University of Leeds.